# Creepy thing happened this morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104 "2001-11-02T10:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/1 "2001-11-02T10:43:50Z")
I woke up this morning to someone jiggling on my front door. Not knowing what it was, I quickly put on some sweat pants and turned on the lights. The jiggling promptly stopped. Now I am bit too wired to sleep. It is 5:30 in the morning and I needed to vent here some. No need for cusswords though, since nothing further happened. I am in my living room where my pc is with the light on and next to the front door. I am glad I woke up. Typically, I am a fairly heavy sleeper. I don’t know what really woke me up. Maybe it was my cat that jumped out of bed or it could have been the sound. Who knows? I just looked back out my front door. The top part is glass that is covered with some mini blinds. Nothing out there that isn’t normally out there. The stray cat I am taking care of. I can hear her meowing but can’t see her. I don’t see anything on the part of the street that I can normally see, nor do I see anything up in the ivy which makes up my lawn. OH MY GOD! IT IS BACK AND KICKING AT MY DOOR ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/2 "2001-11-02T10:54:15Z")
Um, Sqrl? You okay? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/3 "2001-11-02T14:17:26Z")
Sqrl, dear, has anyone given you a Zuni Fetish Doll lately? IS ITS NECKLACE STILL ON? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/4 "2001-11-02T14:19:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Sqrl, dear, has anyone given you a Zuni Fetish Doll lately? IS ITS NECKLACE STILL ON? Great reference. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/5 "2001-11-02T14:33:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Sqrl, dear, has anyone given you a Zuni Fetish Doll lately? IS ITS NECKLACE STILL ON? \*\* I recall a movie about this. One part about licking one in a canvas suitcase. The little critter cut his way out with a steak knife. I remember him flipping the top open and popping out Jack-in-the-box like, with the knife in his teeth. Is this the reference? What was that movie? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/6 "2001-11-02T14:45:33Z")
Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black. It scared me. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/7 "2001-11-02T17:04:36Z")
Hello? Sqrl? You can’t just leave a thread like that (unless you’ve been killed, which I hope to God you haven’t). ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/8 "2001-11-02T17:19:25Z")
Sqrl? Are you ok? How long should we wait for an answer? Did this really happen? Is there real danger or was it just a joke? Since no one else is freaking out, I’ll assume it was a joke. But wait, you know what they say about assuming things. Dammit, I’m a little worried. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/9 "2001-11-02T17:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black. It scared me. \*\* Yes, very scary stuff. Last summer while doing some leisurely horror reading I discovered it’s based on the short story _Prey_ by Richard Matheson. The paperback version of _I Am Legend_ includes this little gem. Also the cool one about the spy who gets attacked by a platoon of toy army men. If He Who Kills is after you, **SqrlCub** , your ass is grass. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/10 "2001-11-02T17:42:18Z")
One time I heard someone trying to open the door of my apartment. I went to the door, opened it, and saw a naked man walking briskly away down the corridor. A WTF moment for you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/11 "2001-11-02T17:46:17Z")
Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black–that was some scarey shit. Does anyone remember the ending of that tale and the now have the mental image of SqrlCub squatting in his kitchen clutching a huge knife with a maniacal grin on this face revealing a mouth full of huge pointed fangs? Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/12 "2001-11-02T17:55:02Z")
Well, since she took the time to post: **"OH MY GOD! IT IS BACK AND KICKING AT MY DOOR"** …we can only pray that she’s taken Evelyn Wood’s speed-typing course. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/13 "2001-11-02T19:23:27Z")
It’s a boy Sqrl, not a girl Sqrl. I turned him over once and checked. So, I’m the only one who thought “Trilogy of Terror” was hilarious? I saw it when it first aired, back in the '70s, and I fell off the sofa laughing. So, ummm, Sqrl, are you just funnin’ us, or are you really in peril? Hmmmm? It’s not nice to tease us . . . I hope to see you check in by the time I get back on Monday . . . ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/14 "2001-11-02T20:08:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billy Baroo \* > Also the cool one about the spy who gets attacked by a platoon of toy army men. > \*\* [hijack] Isn’t that _Battleground_, by Stephen King? If not, it’s got the same plot (except he was a hired killer, not a spy). [/hijack] And **Sqrl** , what’s up? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/15 "2001-11-02T20:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > \*\*Well, since she took the time to post: > > **"OH MY GOD! IT IS BACK AND KICKING AT MY DOOR"** > > …we can only pray that she’s taken Evelyn Wood’s speed-typing course. \*\* Well, this is either: 1. A bad joke based on a Monty Python sketch (Aaaarrrrrgggghhhh) 2. A harmless situation where someone has inadvertently given us the willies by not posting again. 3. A serious situation someone should check up on. At the risk of being “whooshed”, does anyone know **SqrlCub** well enough to give him a call or something? ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/16 "2001-11-02T20:31:04Z")
that’s his last post. i’m starting to worry here… ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/17 "2001-11-02T20:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > > \*\*Well, since she took the time to post: > > > > **"OH MY GOD! IT IS BACK AND KICKING AT MY DOOR"** > > > > …we can only pray that she’s taken Evelyn Wood’s speed-typing course. \*\* > > Well, this is either: > > 1. A bad joke based on a Monty Python sketch (Aaaarrrrrgggghhhh) > > 2. A harmless situation where someone has inadvertently given us the willies by not posting again. > > 3. A serious situation someone should check up on. > > At the risk of being “whooshed”, does anyone know **SqrlCub** well enough to give him a call or something? \*\* Yikes! If it’s a joke, it’s a very bad joke. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/18 "2001-11-02T20:34:37Z")
Checked his profile, and you can’t email him, either. I’m all worried. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/19 "2001-11-02T22:26:02Z")
Don’t forget possibility #4: It was BoiToi at the door and we aren’t going to hear from them for a week. jkusters is his roommate, and BoiToi is his sweetie. Maybe one of them will pipe up soon? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104/20 "2001-11-02T22:47:03Z")
hmmm… well, to check up on the “Dead” aspect, someone get out a ouiji board, ok? hapj… hapj… hapj… APPEAR! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104.md?page=2)